C.J. McCollum

PHILADELPHIA — Albany's players know coach Will Brown isn't jerking their chain. Yes, they can shock Duke on Friday. Yes, they can torch millions of NCAA tournament brackets. "A 15 (seed) has beaten a two," Brown said Thursday. "So when you talk to your kids about that, and you look them in the eye and you're preaching, they believe you because it's happened." Six times, in fact. Twice on the same day last season. Alas for the Great Danes, one of those 2012 instances was Lehigh slaying Duke. "Lehigh didn't do us any favors," Brown said. "That's for sure." Indeed, last year's defeat to the Patriot...

After a sub-par first half, the nationally ranked Christopher Newport men scored the first 16 points of the second half and went on to beat Methodist 68-48 Saturday in Fayetteville, N.C.Evan Thorpe’s layup and two free throws gave the Captains a 26-25...

Roughly one-third through the regular season, Virginia Tech guard Erick Green leads the ACC – he’s lapping the field, in fact – and ranks second nationally in scoring at 24.8 points per game. The primary question is, what are his chances of maintaining,...

Jerryd Bayless made a layup at the buzzer off an inbounds pass, lifting Milwaukee to a 92-90 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday as the Bucks avoided a four-game sweep in their Eastern Conference playoff series.
With 1.3 seconds left, Jared Dudley...

Mike Conley and Courtney Lee each scored 18 points, and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Portland Trail Blazers, 97-82, Wednesday night to grab the franchise's first 2-0 lead in a playoff series.
The Grizzlies took full advantage of starting the playoffs...

It was another perfect storm for the Lakers in an angry, frothing sea of them this season.
One team needed to win, visions of a deep playoff run bouncing tantalizingly around their players' minds.
The other team was eliminated from postseason...

(in predicted order of finish)
1. Spurs
2013-14: 62-20.
Coming: Kyle Anderson.
Going: No one of significance.
Despite all of their sustained success, the Spurs have never won back-to-back titles. In fact they never had reached the NBA Finals in...